The Irish standard., 1887-11-12
the UNGRATE:FUL S7UARTS.
3
l. Set of Monarehs Who We're the
perscnifcation Of Self II
ishness.
ishness.
OF AVERAGE REspECTABlLlTY,
Locked at in It's Simplicity the Devotion
Shown to the stuarts is, In
deed, Amazing,

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1t will eyer be one Of the most curl.
Gus puzzles in history, to repeat the OBJ
seryations of a foreign reviewer, how
the race @ Stuarts excited iii immense
Numbers of people, III different colln-
tr,es and in different generations, feel
warn. and so strong as those which, for
more than century, fnade thousands
Of Irjsh1ntn. Engiislnnan .and Scotch
men ofTer up their lives, sacrifice their
properties and endure all manner OF
privation and property rather:th de-
selt She cause Of Il; worthless family.
Many explanations have been given of
this remarkable loyalty; ard possibly
Shia strange feature III the history of
ireland aud England owes its produc-
tion to 81 f0rtu t3ns combination Of
concurrent circumstances at aparticu-
lar time rather than to any single i'm,
pulse, athuicsl or political. n q person.
we dsresay, would be found bold
enough to maintain that the Stuarts
ware worthy OBJECTS OF the devotion
thal ws.s shown to them. Their lineage
may TO some extent have accounted for
the clanish fidelity with which 5hey
were regarded by the Scotch. The
close relations that aubsisJed between
the throne and the established church
at time when both were threatened
with s. common ruin, made the royal
and religious cause appear Identical IN
England; and ia ireland the feelings Of
national LOYALTY, religious de.Yutlon and
personal interest were, 5y Ehe cruelty
and robbery ct GGnn we'll, welded into
oue strong, absorbing passion that
readily Lent itself TO anyrnnr:s,e ement that
offered promise revellgs;; + nd cess; and
restoration. In process of time these
various feelings converting towards
the same object cealescad, anG seemed
to spriug as from root from what Wsass
only the junction. The point of con
vergonce looked like the point Of
divergence. Yalious passions and
affections contributed TO produce that
great comprehensive devotion which,
under tine guise nf family and dynastic
loyalty. has puzzled historians and
astounded all inquirers who have
looked at the fact without analyzing ii
it into it's component elements. Looked
at in it's simplicity, the devotion shown
to the Stuarts is. indeed, amaZing.
Whatever good qualities the family
possessed could not be said To be OF
more than average respectabllity, On
occasions they proved themselves pos
sessed Of some fortitude,g but their
courage could scarcely be said to hssye
amounted to as&heroic quant ityy, y,:s s,ln IN
governing po,ssrs they were saSdl'N|;;5de-.{t II; &c
fecJive, and INTEL eSaaiiy they ns,ver
displayed more ha,as insj ioere talents.
In manners Sthay Wers fable, genial
and polite !; butyh E IL 10 oral conduct was
extremely gross, and they were utterly
unreliable and 4 sshamelessly ungratefui
The heaviest charge that history can
make against the Staarts is that of
tbeir consistent|ingratitude. Whether
their friends were good Or wicked, in
the hour OF trial or dire necessity, they
were one and all impartially betrayed
by the treacherous Stuarts. ltmay be
allowed that Syrafford was prohigate.
and overbearing tyrant, whose exist
ence constituted danger to public
liberty. But his greatest crimes we're
committed in the in nJerest Of his king,.,I
Charles L., and yet, when he was
charged with these crimes, his royal
master allowed him to be. led to the
scatfold without stretching forth q
finger to save his. too faithful selvang.
IN Charles IL. the same characteriss tic |
was developed still more strongly.
although It's harsllnss was disguissuI
somewhat under the soft folds of easy
epicureanism Tue polish. Of foreign
manners toned deWn to the eye the
real hardness Of his selfish, nature, Ia t
James II. this unpleasing quality, al.
though not possessed by him in a great.
er degree than by his rather or brother,
yet stood forthin alEits naked asperity, /
unchastened BY manners, q unveiled
by the screen Of deeorous private con-
duct, or strict adherence to Sreli giousji
principle. 70: the reputationssf ingra-f
titude which they had transmit ted from !
father to son, the St,iarts owed the loss
Of their crown; osprude ent man could
link his fortune neTto tho :of family in
whose serYic lost, was ssuHe2..II
to fferthe AMI
entail upo ssAnt s
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